Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger arrives to make a statement to the media at the team's offices in Pittsburgh Thursday, July 23, 2009. / AP

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The Harrah’s Lake Tahoe worker who claimed in a lawsuit that Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger raped her has offered to settle the case if he admits raping her, apologizes, and gives $100,000 to the Committee to Aid Abuse Women.

Andrea McNulty’s lawyer, Cal Dunlap, said the offer was designed to quash claims by Roethlisberger’s lawyers that she was only after his money.

“(McNulty’s) only interest has been and is to regain the dignity that was taken from her,” Dunlap said in a motion asking the letter be added to the court record.

In the letter to the quarterback’s lawyers, Dunlap said they “have a total misconception of what motivates our client,” adding she “is a victim of sexual assault who, as with all such victims, was violated in every sense of the term.”

He accused the Roethlisberger lawyers of “intentionally conceal(ing) evidence of this and other wrongdoing by Mr. Roethlisberger while making unfounded and malicious accusations and unwarranted threats against our client and against this law firm.”

Roethlisberger's lawyer, David Cornwell, said they would not accept her offer.

"This case is about Ms. McNulty's contemporaneous statements and conduct that prove her allegations are false," Cornwell said. "Against, this backdrop her proposal is bizarre. We previously offered Ms. McNulty a graceful exit. Now, we will continue to press our defenses and claims and pursue our application for sanctions."

McNulty filed the suit in July claiming Roethlisberger raped her while he was staying at Harrah’s for a celebrity golf tournament in 2008 . The suit also names a list of Harrah’s officials and employees she contends helped to cover up the alleged assault.

Roethlisberger has denied her claims and has filed a list of documents, affidavits and e-mails that include statements from her coworkers saying she had bragged about having sex with the NFL star and joked about being pregnant.

Last month, his lawyers threatened to file a motion for sanctions against Dunlap, saying he failed to make a “reasonable inquiry” into her claims. They said if he had, he would have “discovered that the evidence does not support (her) reckless allegations.”

Roethlisberger’s lawyers sent an Aug. 19 settlement letter to McNulty that made two proposals. The first demanded that she dismissed the suit and sign a release. The second stated that if she cooperated with Roethlisberger in his claims against Dunlap, they would release her from all claims.